National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-08
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THE AMERICAN MUSICIAN. May 2s. 10
Sfn N fu HsbE SC Company TSr S. BOsd
woy. Publishers.
papers appear in this number, among them
"wagner's Centennial March," "American
National Airs" In which our own sousa,
Of the Marine Band, is largely concerned,
and 1.-THE Future OF American OPERA
News OF music gathered from all quarters
Is given, and the musical instrument trade
receives liberal attention.
CHEER. June. 10 cents Ell q year Phila'
delphia: Cheer Company, lOl7 Walnut street.
Publishes.
"a Case Of ImpolIteness," illustrated by
the frontispiece, is, indeed, an excellent
lesson, in lively way, as to proper con
duct-a great help TO being what the world
calls "well bred.n Just the opposite OF
this term is represented by the picture,
wherein q dog completely occupies with
bis head the dinner vessel, excluding sew
eral anxious and hungry.looking cocks and
birds.
"The Cat Club Papers" are delightful
They discuss most amusingly almost every
thing, especially good eatables and drinka-
bles.
Among other articles OF interest more.
over are 1.-THE jest rs a Matrimonial We.
hiclen and dob Lighthearts Letter on
the Fair Sex.n
Then arrive we at "The Kitchen,r where
II 10 sweet to linger surrounded by straw
berry preserves aud jam, Ice cream, cheese
cake, croquettes, sberbet, and many dam
ties.
CHILD CULTURE, May. 10 cents; 81 year.
New York: Fowler q Wells Company, 7I5
Broadway. Publishers.
II any culture is so important as that Of
q child we are not acquainted with IL, and
II better help toward such culture exists
than the periodical before us, Of that also we
are ignorant.
1.-THE Stranger"and "An Auntle's Notions
About Children" will especially interest
parents, who, with teachers added, will
find ample subject for thought and action
on the pages generally.
FREUND's MUSIC AND DRAMA. May q.
10 cents: 81 q year. New York. IS Fifth
avenue. Publishers.
The first page is occupied by portrait
Of Florimond Ronger Herve, the French
composer Of "Le Petit Faust" and other
comic operas. The face is as serious as
that of any merry genius. How sad the
whole tribe looks
"High Salaries In England" "London
Music aud Drama" anu IAN Early Opera
by Wagner" are among the chief articles,
while all, editorial, news, &C., will prove
highly desirable. "The Trade Talk" too
Is extensive and important.
| RECORD OF THE COMMUNICATION. Nov
5to s. 1856, on the 250th anniversary of the
founding OF Harvard College, Cambridge
N. E.: John Wilson d Son. Publishers.
A large volume, Of $40 pages, with sew
eral views Of the college, or university
buildings from different points, and full
account of the various days devoted to thu
commemoratien. Many addresses by emil
nent graduates and others were delivered
and the genial and music haunted, age
ignoring Oliver Wendell Holmes read at
admirable poem, retrospective Of the uni
versity's glory and prospective of the eter
nifty Of its fame.
These very significant lines occur In 1t (;
see gray teachers, on their work intent
| Their lavish lives, In endless labor spent,
Had closed at last In age and perjury wrecked
Martyrs, not burned but frozen In neglect,
Save for the generous hands that stretched ii
OF WORKOUT servants left to die half paid.
All, many a year will pass, thought, ere we
| Such kindly forethought shall rejoice to sec
Monarchs are mindful OF the sacred debt
That cold republics hasten to forget.
wILLEM UssaLINx, FOUNDER OF TIL
Phi. D., j. nus Hopkins University. Ne,
York: G. +. Putnam's Sons. 81. Publish
| ers.
This publication, being of the papers O
the American Historical Association, vol
ume II, No. 3, records the life and usefu
ness Of Willem Usselinx, the Lesseps Of th
seventeenth century. Great difficulty ha
attended the attainment Of the facts upo
which the story is founded, but evldentl
patience, resolve, have met and conquere
all. The usual struggles OF man c
| genius who seeks solely, purely, and unse
| flshly to benefit his race are amply displayed
| IsOBEL'S BETWEEN TIMES. BY Mrs. M
THANIEL CoNKLIN Jennie NJ. Drinkwater
New York; Robert Carter & Brothers. Salt
William Ballantyne Il S)p. $3.50.
An interesting story, in which the actor
and actresses are human beings--not alway
the case with novels. We feel that W
know them, or may any day. There is O
element of religion pervading the volum
HOME KNowLEDGE. Juue. 20 cents; 81
/ year. New York: Home knowledge Asst
citation, As East ed street. Publishers.
Subjects important to the health an
happiness Of home are well treated in tn
just begun magazine. Especially attractiv
are "When are we Olds" which claims Il
us, as natures right, century at least {
life. "Mesmerism" as medical application
"Good Manners;n an instructive and int
esting paper by Jessie Benton Fremon
"Mr. Jenifer's Inheritance" which real
like ghost story, but 1t isn't; "Fashions
Ladies'" Undesirable; the sensible "Stol
Of Beefsteak," and beautiful poem abo
"The Sea Breeze and the Scarf" by tn
sweet singer Of our land, Ella Wheeler WI
cox.